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==Design details== | ==Design details== | ||
The Jackrabbit is a very fast scout vehicle designed for one pilot. While | The Jackrabbit is a very fast scout vehicle designed for one pilot. While normally armed with a grenade launcher or machine gun, the Jackrabbit can also be equipped with an [[M68 Gauss cannon]].<ref name="Envoy">'''[[Halo: Envoy]]''', ''page 329''</ref> When decelerating, the Jackrabbit's front splits into two separate wheels to form a tripod and retain stability. When bursts of speed are required, the two wheels pinion together automatically.<ref name="log jackrabbit"/> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
On [[2553#December|December 12, 2553]], the [[Spartan-II]]s [[Fred-104]] and [[Kelly-087]] drove a pair of Jackrabbits through the front window of [[Trattoria Georgi]], a restaurant in [[New Tyne]], [[Venezia]], that catered to those involved in [[black market]] purchases and smuggling. Jackrabbits were also used by the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] during the [[Battle of Carrow]] in July [[2558]].<ref name="Envoy"/> Cheap and easy to manufacture, the Jackrabbit's design blueprint was one of the first to be integrated by the ''[[Spirit of Fire]]'' after [[Isabel]]'s rescue on March 28, [[2559]], for use [[Second Ark Conflict|against]] the [[Banished]] on [[Installation 00]].<ref name="log jackrabbit"/><ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> | On [[2553#December|December 12, 2553]], the [[Spartan-II]]s [[Fred-104]] and [[Kelly-087]] drove a pair of Jackrabbits through the front window of [[Trattoria Georgi]], a restaurant in [[New Tyne]], [[Venezia]], that catered to those involved in [[black market]] purchases and smuggling. Jackrabbits were also used by the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] during the [[Battle of Carrow]] in July [[2558]].<ref name="Envoy"/> Cheap and easy to manufacture, the Jackrabbit's design blueprint was one of the first to be integrated by the ''[[Spirit of Fire]]'' after [[Isabel]]'s rescue on March 28, [[2559]], for use [[Second Ark Conflict|against]] the [[Banished]] on [[Installation 00]].<ref name="log jackrabbit"/><ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> | ||
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*In the ''[[Halo Wars 2 Open Beta]]'' when upgraded with the Mini-frag launcher, [[James Cutter]] called the upgraded Jackrabbit a Gunrabbit.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2 Open Beta]]'''</ref> | *In the ''[[Halo Wars 2 Open Beta]]'' when upgraded with the Mini-frag launcher, [[James Cutter]] called the upgraded Jackrabbit a Gunrabbit.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2 Open Beta]]'''</ref> | ||
*Following a balance update with the release of [[DLC|Icons of War]], in the multiplayer section of ''Halo Wars 2'' the Jackrabbit spawns with its grenade launcher by default instead of requiring an upgrade.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/38bd6e2ebbb14e5b9b359bb029588800/topics/balance-update---june-29/3a762cac-1fe3-47ba-b507-df278253d31d/posts '''Halo Waypoint - June 29, 2017, Patch Notes''']</ref> | *Following a balance update with the release of [[DLC|Icons of War]], in the multiplayer section of ''Halo Wars 2'' the Jackrabbit spawns with its grenade launcher by default instead of requiring an upgrade.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/38bd6e2ebbb14e5b9b359bb029588800/topics/balance-update---june-29/3a762cac-1fe3-47ba-b507-df278253d31d/posts '''Halo Waypoint - June 29, 2017, Patch Notes''']</ref> | ||
*It has similarities with Nod [http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Attack_bike_(Tiberium_Wars) Attack Bike] from [http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Tiberium_Wars Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars] where it also used by players as a recon unit and equipped with Missile Launchers. | *It has similarities with the Nod [http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Attack_bike_(Tiberium_Wars) Attack Bike] from [http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Tiberium_Wars Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars] where it also used by players as a recon unit and equipped with Missile Launchers. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||